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Broadleaf Trees with Opposite, Simple Leaves |
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The Pacific Dogwood, Cornus nuttallii
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Also know as the Mountain or Western Flowering Dogwood, the Pacific Dogwood is a small deciduous tree found along the Pacific coast of North America from southwestern British Columbia to parts of California.
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In the spring and early summer, the Pacific Dogwood
puts on a lovely display of colourful "flowers." It is the provincial flower of British Columbia. |
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The flowers are actually tiny, yellowish green and row in a tight, small cluster. They are surrounded by 4-7 petal-like white or pinkish bracts. The resulting structure resembles a showy flower 4-6 in/10-15 cm wide. |
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The leaves are simple and oval shaped, growing 3-6 in/7.5-15 cm long with 5 or 6 parallel veins on each side and a sharp point at the tip. The bark tends to be blotchy and grayish in colour. The tree grows up to 50 ft/15 m tall.
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The fruit, shown here as immature, grows in dense clusters at the end of a stalk.
The fruit will gradually ripen, turning red or orange. |
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